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When a robot messes up, people are way more likely to find it infuriating if it looks like a person. But we're also more likely to accept its apology.
Robotics

Study: Humanoid Robots Are More Annoying When They F*ck Up

God save the Roomba.

By Dan Robitzski

Theoretical physicist and science communicator Michio Kaku had some words of advice for those who find themselves kidnapped by aliens.
Science & Energy

Michio Kaku Has Advice for Next Time You Get Abducted by Aliens

Also, what to do if you ever find yourself kidnapped inside a UFO.

By Victor Tangermann

Lakes and rivers on Mars likely dried up and reappeared several times over the course of history before they went away for good.
Science & Energy

The Lakes of Mars Likely Dried Up Multiple Times Before Totally Vanishing

Mars seems to have a much more complex relationship with water than we thought.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers are worried over the rise of "ghost forests" along the coast of North Carolina, caused by climate change.
Space

Desiccated “Ghost Forests,” Killed by Rising Ocean, Can Be Seen From Space

It's a worrying trend.

By Victor Tangermann

an Australian startup built a laser that could blast orbital debris orbiting the Earth out of the way without needing to launch any new spacecraft.
Space

Startup Says Its Super Powerful Laser Can Blast Space Junk From Down on the Earth’s Surface

It's like playing a high-stakes game of Missile Command.

By Dan Robitzski

Oceanic life is fleeing the increasingly-hot equator for more hospitable water, and a mass extinction event is likely to follow.
Climate Change

Scientists: Mass Extinction Is Coming as Organisms Flee the Equator

"When the same thing happened 252 million years ago, 90 percent of all marine species died."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

One last group selfie before Ingenuity's maiden voyage.

By Victor Tangermann

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel suggested during a virtual seminar that China may use its centralized digital currency as a weapon against the US dollar.
Bitcoin

China Could Use Bitcoin as a Weapon Against the US, Billionaire Warns

According to this investor, China wants to weaken the US dollar with its digital currency.

By Victor Tangermann

A man from Missouri was just sentenced to 12 years in prison after he repeatedly tried to buy chemical weapons with Bitcoin.
Science & Energy

Man Sentenced for Buying Chemical Weapons With Bitcoin

He repeatedly tried to buy chemical weapons over the dark web.

By Dan Robitzski

In a reversal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided that vaccines are a good thing after all. Better late than never.
Developments

Elon Musk, Who Refused to Take a COVID Vaccine, Now Says Vaccines Are Good

Say it ain't so.

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing body of evidence that the chemical TCE, banned in several countries but common in the US, is causing a huge wave of Parkinson's Disease.
Developments

A Common Chemical Is Causing a Huge Wave of Parkinson’s Disease, Doctor Warns

This chemical is banned in Europe — but common in the US.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers says it discovered entirely new coronaviruses in genetic data released by agricultural labs in China.
Viruses

Scientists Claim to Discover “Unexpected” New Viruses in Wuhan

Genetic data from an agricultural lab seemed to contain entirely new coronaviruses.

By Dan Robitzski

A French company is developing the world's first hydrogen-powered cargo transport vessel that is set to make its debut some time later this year.
Science & Energy

The World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Cargo Vessel Is About to Set Sail

"The demand for more sustainable technologies in inland waterway transport is on the rise."

By Victor Tangermann

Roughly one in three coronavirus patients are diagnosed with some sort of neurological or psychological condition within six months, according to a study.
Brain

A Third of COVID Patients Are Diagnosed With “Brain Disease”

Anxiety and mood disorders are particularly common.

By Dan Robitzski

Small gelatinous marine organisms called sea salps are wreaking havoc on two nuclear reactors in South Korea, forcing them offline, Bloomberg reports.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Reactors Shut Down by “Jellyfish-Like Organisms”

Cooling systems were clogged up entirely.

By Victor Tangermann

Stanford scientists have posted the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines' mRNA sequences on GitHub for anybody to download.
Developments

Scientists Post Recipe for Moderna’s COVID Vaccine for Free Online

Anybody can technically make their own COVID vaccine now — if they know how.

By Victor Tangermann

A new smartphone app called Lumenate promises to alter your consciousness, something akin to an LSD trip, using flickering lights.
Prosthetics and Devices

New App Claims to Make You Trip Like You’re on LSD

According to reviews, it's "surprisingly good."

By Victor Tangermann

CNN got an exclusive look at the interior of the supersonic 31-passenger jet that might soon be carrying the president around the world.
Military

US Military Working on Supersonic Air Force One

Executive class at faster than the speed of sound.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has sent back a sweet selfie, a stunningly crisp self-image of the six-wheeled rover's "head."
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Took a Selfie and It’s Actually Beautiful

Hello, Percy.

By Victor Tangermann

A new model shows that we don't need dark energy to explain the expansion of the universe. It might be caused by some new property of dark matter instead.
Energy

Dark Energy, Thought to Comprise Most of the Universe, Might Be Totally Fake

What if it's all just dark matter instead?

By Dan Robitzski